Detection of wallerian degeneration in a newborn by diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (IMR)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-118

  Neil, Jeffrey J ^a   Inder, Terrie E ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PORENCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHITE MATTER;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 33646852206     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210021501     Document Type: Article

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